Their young are hatched in broods of about 3, and eat around 150 lbs. of fish in the 8-10 month period they are cared for. It eats mainly fish and amphibians as well as crustaceans. Groups of Brown Pelicans often travel in single file, flying low over the water’s surface.

Along with the American White Pelican, the Brown Pelican is protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. The International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List has listed the Brown Pelican as Least Concern since 1988.

I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert. I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house-top.